Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 68dc1f2508b992f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-23 00:09:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 612d79b31d6a69a823630ec30a6a156c SHA-1: 970f694dea94fd0559402d0108cfe0d282513068 SHA-256: 68dc1f2508b992f1deead3c068cf5405bc6e0588c8d6fd207d751bcddc068ac5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76e7dcaccc6d7498f113b7f0d127ec90/68306997805.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pokorny-podlahy.cz/UserFiles/File/nefuxisoruwuzigojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oo53tnfct5ogfukjbsduie9dq7/sabewaxuduvofuwaxog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2d153d7e0---zamibomupenoromujekawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benedictinoselrosal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/binepilomasejenizezileluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anm-av.de/uploads/files/64516877363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f60aaf1c74---bisunixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/dorodigowurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4962152e2daf3bb6d1c905f1c9b5fb08/sukuxotolasibelubor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fb6d4a20eb---kaxobajoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvub8cbl46dc3lo0aq56gkdvso/22584029081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/870e40dc20e283b4c57298d842e61b97/roteto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///muvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0535.com/userfiles/file/20210703100238_zw49ra.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1158orm6r20vtevn90s55jgd1s/kubagedefizulejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/81573875329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607edd5c894a2---bemokanul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6eb7dade8a061bdc2b56dfa9f7849be/muzuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d1a1a16a2---vowulexuraner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/53104321054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/kudesozogulomulaveroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/171hg70a9f2ccr662d8b0il748/wexubulogazuzon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/xosufarimexatodede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://backkwang.com/userData/board/file/boxese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signika.pl/Upload/file/25438352192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lasvegasrebath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6633deb6ff6c62d447fc27d87086d8d/fokulokatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=free+word+to+pdf+converter+software+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e4ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4EC 10648 bytes
SHA-256: fdf5ebd26d797279ee5ad3f88b448f4d750ec69af2dccf55982c14284dfcf4e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD7F 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 5af4da3b6769a49653806d1d85809db45ea03aee4fad7bea90d0e74bfe8f9188
font_02_sfnt_off00012ac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AC1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1